I lived up there for 3 years. Big country and rivers are difficult to reach, but there are a few places within easy reach.
1) Highway to Haines Junction - on the road into Kusawa Lake - approx. half way to the lake campground, there will be a campsite - say 12-15km's off the highway. You'll come to a campground, park, and straight down the embankment, the grayling hold in good numbers. These grayling are small, but plentiful.
2)Again highway towards Haines Junction, if you drive into Aishihik lake - there's two spots. First is Otter Falls - turn off of the highway will be just before Canyon Creek (I believe that's the name of the store/campground). From there, it be 20km's or so. Right at the falls you can catch small rainbow and grayling. Working down the river, you'll get into a few bigger fish. Second spot would be to drive all the way into Aishihik Lake (approx. 40km's ??). From there, you'll see where the outflow of the lake dumps into a the start of the river - there will be a dyke. Cross over the bridge at the dyke, and the hole is loaded with Grayling.
3) Approx 8-10km's south of Haines Junction, the river flwoing out of Kathleen Lake holds rainbows and grayling again. You'll see the corner just downstream of the bridge crossing. Also, where the river dumps into the lake approx. 1km downstream will also hold fish. This spot is pretty popular though, so mid-week would be best to hit this spot.
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